Article container and hinged lid therefor



1930- r c. s. BARON 1,743,520

ARTICLE CONTAINER AND HINGED LID THEREFOR Filed Sept.'7, 1927 attain S I Patented Jan. 14, 1930 CHARLES S. BARON, OF TIFFIN, OHIO ARTICLE CONTAINER AN D HINGED LID THEREFOR Application filed September 7, 1927. Serial No. 218,071.

My invention relates to article containers generally, and specifically to display con tainers having each a large open mouth covered by a lid hinged securely thereto by a novel, simple, and effective means of attachment.

Display containers being intended for the display of articles of merchandise and for the introduction into a container and with- 19 drawal therefrom of articles offered for sale, have large open mouths, and are ordinarily made of transparent material, usually glass.

A. display container demands some sort of cover for protection of its contents in use.

The fragile nature of such a container and the relative size of its mouth present, in respect to providing suitable and inexpensive means for attaching to it a hinged lid, a me chanical problem which is solved by my invention.

lVhat constitutes my invention is hereinafter described in detail, and is succinctly defined in the appended claims.

In the accompanying drawing, in which my invention is illustrated in present preferred form of embodiment,

Figure I is a side elevation on a reduced scale of a container having a lid hingedly secured to it by the means of attachment comprehended by my invention.

Figure II is a top plan of the container collar, detached.

Figure 111 is a vertical section on an enlarged scale of the hinge connection illustrated in the preceding figures, showing so much of the container and lid as are necessary to illustrate the relationship of the several parts, one to another.

Figure IV is an exterior elevation of the subject matter of Figure III.

Referring to the numerals on the drawings, 1 indicates the body of a container which is preferably, for reasons aforesaid, made of glass, and which is provided with an integral mouth-defining ring 2. The ring is provided with an outwardly extending peripheral flange 3, defining between it and the body 1 an annular recess l.

, Fitted snugly within the walls which define the recess 4 is a flexible collar body 5,

which may be made of a strip of sheet metal. The ends of the said collar body 5 consist of loops 6 and 7 formed, ly bending the ends preferably, by inwardof said strip so as to bring them into confining contact with the bottom of the recess 4.

The length of a collar made from the body 5 may be varied at will so as to fit different sizes of containers by variation of the length of the loops 6 and 7 thereof.

A fastening member 8 is necessary for the completion of the said strip into the form of a collar.

For that purpose the member 8 is preferably made of flat metal and is on one side bifurcated by provision upon it of two adjacent legs 9 and 10 whose length is made a little greater than the width of the'recess at. On the side of the member 8 opposite the legs 9 and 10, a pair of knuckles 11 and 12 are preferably provided as part of a hinge connection with a portion of a ring 15 which is preferably confined 17 for the container.

in the skirt 16 of a lid The knuckles 11 and 12 are preferably formed by fiat metal pro'ections extending from the member '8, and

which, after being first inserted, respectively,

through slits 19 and 20 in the skirt 16, are

afterwards bent around the ring 15 so as'to constitute that portion thereof about which the pro ections are bent into a pintle, which with the kunckles 11 and 12 complete the hinge connection aforesaid for securing the lid 17 to the container.

There is provided on. the member 8, preferably between the said knuckles, a fulcrum plate 21 which is disposed substantially at right angles to the legs 9 and 10. The width of the plate 21 is such tionate with a wedge as to enable it to funceifect uponthe legs to force them against the bottom of the-recess l, for holding the united collar body 5 and the fastening member 8 securely in place upon the container.

be fulcrumed against oops 6, and 7,: resp the bo dy 1 at its" junccombine thememe ture with the lower edge of the recess 4, and, by pressure applied to the member 8, the legs thereof are used as levers to exert strain upon the collar body 5, occasioned by the forcing of the knuckles 11 and 12 away from the flange 3 a suflicient distance to enable the plate 21 to pass the said flange. The result of said operation is to produce tension upon the collar body 5 with theeffect of drawing it taut within the recess 4. After the plate 21 passes over the flange 3, the member 8is released and the residual tension on the collar body 5 is sufficient to draw the-plate 21 towards the-bottom of the recess 4 underneath the flange 3. Thereupon the plate 21' SGI'VGStO'COIlfiIIG the member 8 and the collar body 5 secured thereto in position on the'container to afford a stable support for hingedly securing the lid 17 to the container.

In case of need, the'parts may be disassembled,for example, by inserting any suitable tool between the member8 and the bottom of the recess 4. By operating the tool with lever effect against themember 8 in opposition to the force of resiliency in the collar body 5, said membermay be pried away from said recessa sufiicient distance to permit the plate 21 to clear the flange? Thereupon, the-tension upon'the collar body being relieved, the legs 9 and 10 may be easily withdrawn from the loops'6 and 7, and all the members separated one from another. By this'means the connectionbetween'the lid and a container may be made or unmade Whenever occasion may demand, thereby-permitting the substitution of one container for another in case of breakage of the body of a container, for instance.

What I claim is: v

1. The combination with acontainerhaving, a mouth and a flange-defined recess about the outside of 'the mouth, of a collar body within said recess .provided with terminal loops, a fastening member having legs engaging said floops, respectively, and a :lid hinged to said member.

2. The combination withacontainerhaving amouth, and a flange-defined recess about the outside of themouth, of a collar body, a fastening member uniting the ends of said body, and-a-fulcrum'plateon said member adapted to exert tension onthe collar for holding it in place in the'recess,.and, when slipped under the'flange, to hold the several parts together insecure assemblage.

3. The combination with a container having a mouth, and a flange-defined'recess about the outside ofthe mouth, of a collar body within said recess provided with terminal loops, a fastening'member having legsengaging said loops, respectively, and afulcrum plateextending between said member and the bottom of said recess with Wedging action on the legs thereof adapted to exert tension on the collar body and thereby hold it in place within said recess.

4. The combination with a container having a mouth, and a. flange-defined recess about the outside of the mouth, of a collar body within said recess provided with terminal loops, a member adapted to engage said loops and unite the ends of the collar body, a lid hinged to said member, and a flange-engaging piece on said member adapted to assemble anlcl disassemblethe elements aforesaid at V1 5. As a new article of'manufacture a fastening member for uniting a collar body to a container as specifiech'comprising a pair of legs disposed substantially in the sameplane and a fulcrum plate disposed substantially at right 'anglesto the legs.

In testimony whereof I have'hereunto set my hand.

CHARLES S. BARON. 

